Li Tian's expectation was not bad. Zhao Ji led the army to rescue the Wu Gang, but the direction Zhao Ji went was beyond Li Tian's expectation.
Zhao Jisuo led an army of 50,000 men. Instead of returning to the Wu Gang, he rushed straight to Jiangxia.
Now Jiangxia has assembled most of the country's troops and is fighting fiercely with the Wu Gang, but the country is quite empty. Only the royal capital of Xiaye City still has a troop left. Yang Sheng ordered Zhao Ji not to go to the Wu Gang, but ordered him to directly attack
Jiang Xia's move was beyond Li Tian's expectation.
Zhao Ji's army moved quietly in the early morning. As soon as Li Tian received the report from the Bird Clan, he immediately called the couple who had just returned in the early morning to lead the troops back to meet Guo Jing. Who would have thought that Zhao Ji would change lanes on the road?
, went directly to Jiangxia, and played with the Shengun couple and Guo Jing.
When the magic stick heard that the Bird Clan said that Zhao's army had changed direction, he was so angry that Lian Yangsheng took all the women from the third generation of the Zhao family to greet them.
"###比! I didn't sleep all night. I just went back and ran back. I'm as tired as a bear. This Zhao Ji actually tricked me. Lao Guo, do you think we should also chase him?"
"Master Divine Envoy, I think we should discuss it with Master Li Tian before making a decision." Guo Jing did not dare to take the decision to take away the 40,000 troops without authorization. If Li Tian was in trouble, it would be no small matter.
"I don't think we need to discuss it. In the past few times, Zhao Ji relied on the large number of people and made some profits. Now he doesn't have many soldiers and horses. I hope I won't capture him alive." Zhang Guihua was also very depressed and wished she could pursue him now.
Shengun got the news, and Li Tian also got the news. This time, Li Tian was not depressed and directly asked the bird tribe to send a message to Shengun and Guo Jing, ordering them to pursue Zhao Ji with all their strength and not to worry about him.
Li Tian also admired Yang Sheng and Zhao Ji's strategy of "surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao". With Zhao Ji's ability, several cities in Jiangxia could not stop his attack at present. With Zhao Ji's speed, they could defeat him in two days.
Xiaye City. Although Zhao Ji may not be able to capture Xiaye City, the Jiangxia government and the public will definitely be in panic and will definitely order the soldiers and horses of the Wu Gang to return to the defense.
Li Tian could imagine that when the Zhao army launched an unstoppable attack on Jiangxia, the timid civil servants in the Jiangxia court would definitely suggest that the king dispatch a large number of troops from the Wu Gang to return to defense. Sun Hao, the minister of the Ministry of War,
It was very hard to fight in the Wu Gang. As long as the troops were mobilized to defend, all the previous efforts would be wasted.
Li Tian thought of this, so he ordered the two men to pursue him. He also sent the fastest Centaur cavalry in the army to the Jiangxia Palace with his own handwritten message. Li Tian ordered the Centaur brother to go to Jiangxia Palace day and night.
Stop, you must rush to Xiaye within one day. Tell the king of Jiangxia not to be afraid, the envoy has led the army to support.
Li Tian did this to appease the hearts of the Jiangxia government and the public. He must not order Sun Hao from the Wu Gang to withdraw his troops at this time.
As soon as the army on the Shengun side moved, Yang Sheng also got the news from the scouts. But Yang Sheng was very strange. When he ordered Zhao Ji to take action, it was in the early morning, and he left very secretly. How did Li Tian get the news?
Even if there was a traitor, it would be impossible for him to know Zhao Ji's course of action so quickly, right?
Yang Sheng could only launch a big hunt for Li Tian now, and wanted to use this method to ask Li Tian to order the magic stick to bring people back to help. Li Tian now only has less than 40,000 people, and it is impossible to fight Yang Sheng head-on.
Neng began to run around again to avoid the encirclement of the army.
When Zhao Ji's army arrived at the first city, they encountered no resistance at all. The thousands of officers and soldiers in the city were so frightened that they did not even dare to show their faces when they saw that so many troops were about to attack the city. The city defense officer directly led his people to escape. Fortunately,
The human and horse tribesman sneaked into the city dressed as a commoner and was not subject to any interrogation.
Zhao Ji originally wanted to rush to the next city, but his purpose was to make Jiangxia's government and everyone panic so that he could order the soldiers in the Wu Gang to retreat.
But before Zhao Ji could take a rest, he heard the report coming from the scouts. "Report to General Qi, a large army is chasing after them. The flag is from Chaodu Zhang Guihua and the Shenshi couple."
"They are chasing them? So fast?" When Zhao Ji heard this, he was also shocked.
"Come here, seal the city gate. The bald couple won't bring many people here. We have 50,000 men to defend the city. There will be no problem." Zhao Ji knew the difficulty of attacking the city, and he didn't believe that both Shengun and Li Tian had arrived.
Here, after several battles, Zhao Ji knew that the two magic sticks only had 40,000 people.
Zhang Guihua and Shengun looked at the big banner with the word "Zhao" on the city, and cursed their mothers outside the city angrily. Guo Jing was also a little helpless. They came in a hurry and didn't bring any equipment to attack the city.
"Zhao, if you have the ability, come out to me. We will fight for three hundred and one rounds. Whoever loses will be your grandson. Don't hide in there and be a turtle. That is not a man." The magic stick waved two small axes in his hands.
, cursed loudly outside the city.
"Humph! Damn bald head, if you have the ability, attack in. Don't imitate dog barking outside. This method of provoking generals is useless against grandpa." Zhao Ji looked at the magic stick on the top of the city and said sarcastically.
"###比! If you dare to say that I'm barking like a dog, you're dead! Someone, bring me a bow, I'm going to shoot him to death." The magician was spinning in anger.
A man from the Centaur tribe handed over a heavy bow. The magic stick held the heavy bow in his hand and put the arrow on the string with his right hand. The shape was not bad. He just pulled it for a long time and did not open the bow. His face turned red from holding it in, which attracted people on the city.
There was a roar of laughter.
"You're laughing! If I don't think shooting you bastard to death is enough, I'd rather use my divine envoy's double ax to hack you to death." The magic stick said, throwing the heavy bow to the human and horse brother.
. But he was cursing in his heart, ###Bi, you don’t know how to get me a softer bow.
"Master God Envoy, Sister Osmanthus, I think we will set up camp first, and then we can think of a plan to break the city." Guo Jing knew that continuing like this was not an option, so she decided to look at other solutions.
Zhao Ji saw clearly the situation of the army of magic sticks and knew that they did not have the tools to climb the city. But he did not dare to waste too much time. Zhao Ji gritted his teeth and decided to divide 10,000 troops, led by Wang Ming, who was still injured and had not yet recovered.
Defend the city and block the advance of the army of magicians. But he himself, with 40,000 soldiers and horses, is preparing to continue marching towards Jiangxia.
In fact, Zhao Ji also understood that this was just a tactical strategy. Forty thousand soldiers and horses would definitely not be able to take Jiangxia's royal city into the field. But Zhao Ji could cause great damage to other cities and even isolate it. In this way, Jiangxia
Even if the capital of the Wu Gang is captured, the gains outweigh the losses. When the time comes, the royal family members of the Wu Gang abandon the city and run to other cities of the Wu Gang. After recuperating for a period of time, they will come back again. Unless Jiang Xia is like Xiang Xiang, who destroyed the blue card,
Only when the royal family of the Wu Gang is destroyed can it be truly destroyed.
As long as the king of the Wu Gang is still there and Zhao Ji captures several Jiangxia cities in succession, it will be equal to a draw for everyone. In terms of psychology and face, Jiangxia will not do this and will definitely send troops to fight Zhao Ji. As a result, Jiangxia will not do this.
In the royal city, a certain number of soldiers and horses must be retained in the lower fields, and to fight Zhao Ji, Jiangxia can currently only withdraw a certain number of soldiers and horses from the Wu Gang.
Zhao Ji had a good idea, but there was another important point, which was to be able to block the pursuit of the magic stick.
Zhang Guihua ordered people to set up camp ten miles away from the city, and Guo Jing and Shen Gong were also discussing countermeasures.
"Hua, after a while you will issue an order to ask the brothers to cut down trees and make tools for the city. I won't believe it. We can't take this ruined city by attacking hard." The magic stick wanted to start a head-on battle with Zhao Ji.
"Master Divine Envoy, if we attack forcefully, even if we take the city, we will suffer a lot of losses. I think it is better to think of other methods." Guo Jing did not want all his brothers to lose in attacking the city.
"Brother Guo, just now our Bird Clan brothers discovered that a group of soldiers and horses have left the city from behind. Zhao Ji is not going to divide his troops into two groups, right?" Zhang Guihua also comes from a military family. In this regard, she is better than Shengun and Guo Jing.
Look far.
"What? A group of soldiers and horses went out from the back gate of the city?" Guo Jing felt a little strange when she heard the news.
"I have just sent people to observe the city, but the number of people on the city does not seem to decrease. Is this strange?" Zhang Guihua felt that since Zhao Jifen sent troops and horses, the number of troops and horses on the city should be reduced, but depending on the situation, the number of troops on the city
The defense must be at least 20,000 strong.
Before Zhao Ji left, he also came up with a plan for his deputy Wang Ming. He ordered the soldiers to make more than 10,000 scarecrows, put them on war robes, and place them in inconspicuous places on the city. Some only had a helmet exposed behind the battlements.
From a distance, you really can't tell it's a fake. In this way, the soldiers on the city basically form a situation where one is real and the other is fake.
According to the normal siege casualties, even if 20,000 people defend the city, the opponent must have at least 60,000 to 70,000 troops to attack directly. Zhao Ji's plan is also a suspicious strategy, which makes the two masters dare not act rashly.
Zhang Guihua and others couldn't come up with any good solution after much thought. The magic stick simply ordered the lieutenants to rest where they were and sleep when they should. They were busy all night last night and ran back and forth a lot early this morning. They were all a little tired.
Unbearable.
Guo Jing did not dare to rest, so she took her people to observe outside the city in person. The city occupies a large area, and if you wanted to go around it, you would not only have to walk nearly a day longer, but also have to swim over mountains and cross rivers.
After observing for a while, Guo Jing was about to return to the camp when suddenly a Zerg berserker looked at a piece of mugwort in the wilderness and said.
"Sir, I have thought of a way, but I don't know if it will work."
"What can I do? Tell me quickly!" Guo Jing asked quickly when she heard that she had a solution.
"Look, sir." The Zerg berserker pointed at the piece of wormwood, "This kind of grass is called vine in our Zerg tribe. The smoke from its burning can make people drowsy. Nowadays, the wind is mostly blowing from the south.
As the city is to our north, we can burn grass and smoke it, wait for a certain level, and then ask the lizard brothers to directly climb the wall to attack. Anyway, they can easily climb up the city wall without using tools."
When Guo Jing heard this, she was a little overjoyed. "Are you sure this grass has a drowsy effect?" Guo Jing asked worriedly.
"Master Guo, we Zerg people have been trying various toxins since we were young. What kind of effects and medicinal properties of plants and flowers can be known once we taste them. We will never go wrong."
"Okay, hurry back to the camp." Guo Jing was happy and wished she could tell the two magicians what happened now.
As soon as Guo Jing entered the camp, she immediately ordered the gong to be sounded for assembly. As soon as the gong sounded, the camp immediately became busy. This was an emergency assembly order.
Zhang Guihua rushed out of the tent with a big stick in hand. The magic stick also held two small axes and a shoe. He shouted loudly: "Brothers, don't panic, there is a divine envoy here." He also said.
I thought it was Zhao Ji who had come to sneak attack the camp.
The army was quickly assembled and prepared for battle. Zhang Guihua and Shengun saw that nothing happened, but Guo Jing gave the order.
The magician yelled angrily, "Lao Guo, have you gone crazy in your practice? We just slept for a while, and you asked someone to beat some broken gong. If you don't sleep, I will still sleep." If you hadn't been able to defeat Guo,
Jing, he really wanted to go up and beat Guo Jing up.
Guo Jing didn't care and said with a smile: "Sister Osmanthus, Lord God Envoy, we have a plan to destroy the city."
"What did you say? Are you planning to destroy the city?" Zhang Guihua asked in surprise.
Guo Jing called out the Zerg berserker and explained what he had just thought.
When the magician heard this, he laughed loudly, "Haha, this is a really good idea. This time, instead of smoking this bastard Zhao Ji to death, I will also choke him to death with smoke. Brothers, all mow the grass for me!"